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A voter registry search requires name, date of birth, and zip code.

This is just your phone number. The thing you give out to people you just met. What the secure app signal requires for signup. And what spammers seem to always be able to find.

NC requires just a name to search the voter registry online, I think that’s state-to-state

I can search my phone number and get dozens of results with my info that clearly came from voter registry scraping.

I can even find direct links to voter registries in some states I've lived.

A voter registry search requires that you are registered to vote, does it not?

I am not allowed to vote. Yet, this tool was able to pull a lot of info regardless.

tell me more about this voter registry search? i actually just need a list of my old addresses, i move a lot.